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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Documentary - 1927
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
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A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.
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Details

Runtime:
69 min
Release date:
23 Sep 1927
Country:
DE
Languages:
xx
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It remains a unique and sometimes inspired exercise in style for its own sake.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A textbook classic to which the years have not been kind.
– ,
Time Out,
23 Oct 2007
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